The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-21 00:00:00

lONE Y MARKET AND COBIDENUCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. the general discount market there is moderate 4 b en laud for money, b u t t h e suppl i es not being o,llndatitB per cent. is requ i re d f or t h e nego t ia t ion first class three months' bills. IN City of M anc h ester has arrived from New n rk with .£145,800, an d t h e H ammonia with x 83, 695. The vacancy created in the directorate of the and For e i gn Li brary Company, occasioned Y the death of the lamented Mr. Thackeray, has t bee e „„ filled up by t h e distinguished Dean of Chiches t"'. The directorate has been further strengthened Ith e addition of the names of Sir R. I. Murchison, L in nd th e Ri ght Ron. Vi scount B ury , M.P. We were tlifertaed at the offi ce t hi s day that t h ree parts o f e b ea Pital stock of this company have already been . Beribed f°r, and that the application share list ° M el Oi l 'Wednesday the 3d of February. liohelie.l:Be.teralltiteattileftB7Cteehamer half -yearly Company, report of be the presented Scottish n the Australian 29 t h net profit to have been £16,050, reZ ll ,e at increase of £1,523 on that of the cor tt,l4:ing sir months of 1862. A dividend at the h 10 Per cent. per annum is recommended, Nt it il l :g £ 26 1 to be carried to the reserved fund, will then amount to £7,343. de li are was meeting of the directors of the Lon yeatltad Provincial Marine Insurance Company ~ th e 13 , rti Y, When i t was resolved to recommend to t er arehold ers at the general meeting a dividend of i t ," half-year ending Dec. 31 last, at the rate At per cent per annum. oa t d a nlee ting of the proprietors of the Bank of the en, held 14,,, this day, a dividend and bonus, tege ,l.4 'Lie rate of 15 per cent. per annum, was het -1 :, °1181 3 - agreed to, and it was recommended Th: 4 l ° l° o o be carried to the reserve fund.. to this! week's railway receipts, ascertained up 4 47, are, in round figures, as under : li 'est w ee 1864. — 1863. orth.w_tern L 54,137 £50,242 So4tbssleatern.-................ 86,965 78,0312 131.4, h , Wer t .. 17,136 16,592 kiTyZ i ob. .............. .. 12,860 14, 3 43 G0at1a,..1 1 ,. (1 ...... . . .......... ' .............. 42,260 37,988_, reat ii"'erli .......................... 17,753 7 t all _ (intliern. • ................ 31,687 26'882 33rialr411'e 444 Y.o.ri.ejal; 111„,.°t11).r1,XXeter e 344 00 . 3 5 1,: 0 12 9 0 0 oIA Nai l . 48,517 45 , 391 No Ir t4 r, s tle l a ~ rt 8., . 15,676 13,849 t eld and Lincoln Great st iil t .. , 11,869 11,006 The le tet ilern a lld western of Ireland 7,289 7,324 Period iiiirns, compared with those of the same Et e a .„ a n Year, are, with one or two exceptions, 8110w.f-'°4table character. The Great Western of £B-011:1 increase of £3,895; the North Western, .. ht tid ' 3 ; the South Western, of £544; the Mi iiGroetitt:tl 01.4t,h2e7r2n;, t o h f e South Eastern, of £546 ; the £4,805 ; the Lancashire and f 4,l,Lhire, of £3,130 ; the North Eastern, o f k ,8 "; the Ma ncheater, Sheffield, and Lincoln, o to t : 73 tind the North British, of £863. On the cf k°44,4,1'd Brighton, however, there is a decrease otit h '"' 3 ; 04 the Bristol and Exeter, of £2O, a 436.(1Qreat Southern and Western of Ireland, of At . Two O'CLOCK. tele, ) , I le, this day, according to Mr. Renter's 347 E1 . h. 111, the Frencn. Three per Cents. were 66f. as ap Th e Y• liold e '4Y-third half•yearly meeting of share ten' tlf the London Joint-Stock Bank was held digdet t d Th e report, w hi c h announce d th e usual s . I vitilt , at the rate of 124 per cent. per annum, Nl'ed. b°411 6 of 8 s • p er s h are, was unan i m ously the tau th Yo f per cent. has taken place to -day in ittee "4 : e r o , e t for the E ng li s h F un d s , chiefly in conse le rem. Purchas es to c l ose " B ea r " accounts, and 1 '414 ) lee Profits after the recent decline. A better st ! t ilad 418° Prevails regarding Continen tal f : p olitics, ti of gold I V, ill b e 4" ,, e au impression that the out - , Th Etteri ally are , 8 3 i checked by the measure adopted DO th e s ' 4 elt of England. Consols for money - ':,; 14 9°3 7 for the account. The New Threes Itr e lia—neecl4.Airunuities are 90 Z ; Exchequer Bills f b loae ° y anci 11 s. dia. owing to the increased value o Ade j u 'a l l' l3l4l 4 6 per Cents. are 1041 104. . keel, tiae has also taken place in the Foreign 6 het n , uuineas is not active. Turkish 46 1 N ' I lt8 ; 1 `'`32) are 66/ 67 ; do. Consolides, l S Peuish pez'e'n' 33i; Greek, 221; Coupons, 10 4 ; and the ena,afBi:l al i h ditto Certificates, 134 I; I n the ceuerste .Loan, 42 44. be atl ee u r a pw ooler a a i t l e l : a b Y tit S p h r a i r e e et l a q h a a rk ve et g t e h n e era d l e ly ali e n x g h s ib h i a t v ed e e h p l a r i tle-t i !: r O l f th l3l : t vet hent, owing to the favourable traffic receipts on most of the prin slitort,lll-Thee.. North Eastern (Berwick), Sout h ProyedZrighton, and Great Eastern have imd lotkah". ; Great western, and Lancashire an Wet3t les.; Great Northern A Stock, North 4l 58 , and tled Midland, ; and Metropolitan, Baal to ten ithd Miscellaneous Shares continua in kor, A ltle St, and, in some instances, show rather 4 1 a rtilllees. London and Westminster realise f •- k h ttri a. , 'uotract Corporation are quoted 21- te e .' • Anglo Italian Bank, li; River Laid ° Nie s I i l tek, i prem.; and Adriatic Steam, Ito 2 4 oort.s_l3lttrlsn FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. C ent, b . ellt c FUNDS. pe t tto k e ' e easols 11,,,,; eetu . Z'illt Feb. 4.. W t * 3i „ Cent. ... 901 a t . Ni .1. yet. C,,_ . ~ ..... 0 , et per Cent. d an. 1894 — et te ' , ent. A n , • . 44- .14. . tithes bit,tiboo) arraties, Jan. 1873 . a NO f or 3p Y 8 ) expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Akh‘O (Red 71.85 expire sth April, 1885 — Nile ." - ' 64 Tele r h) AugoB i b \ ilto r )314 £1 gaP ' u ) .000, 21 & 3 er Cent. 12 dis Q t , O tto - I ZSOO Ilk 0 4 4 tigla nd 4"° and £2OO hdi e !klt Go, S tk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr — i t ,tItz‘NIENT SECURITIES. Ditto° l'' oA,eol4%per Cent., A pr il 1874 — b itto 6 p er e; , bitt e tiler c Il t• July, 1670 k%faceDer c . ? ,1 4 .,!. 188 y per, 'itt o i,per, 4 per Cent — , IPetiut7 l3 ''') Jan. 1872 — iji tt. , it to 4r- e 8 ) 4 per Ct , April 1864 bitt,"beuri ditto ' Aug., 1866 —Pi g , 44(4 if vUI./ ...... Al,,k i ? Oh ' °°o ...... •i 5. 411, 1 ,,,. lip , s l5 O/1,1.. ''' FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ri a - ,1,1 4 " 8 1 tt;" 6 Per Cent .. ale Pet 1 859 Di tto' 183 9 cent l i Per 1859 04tr e • 4% 8 . I tte 41 • , ., 1852 . 58-60 4,e ori ' 4 OB A P, 18 6 , 1863 .. 85i 21 dis 1i t . 44 0t ites ") £.55 paid Lto, i l tvo c e Per Cent upti 44 !c.),r4oZolidated, 1 per Cent — _ Ciz e i t tto, B: c Per e e t u l t -auld Warrant — bitt . 1)er al(1 Iss ue .. 100 i ilitt°o.e4t) 1 824:6 ex-Coupons bit Coou " 44 .... ' " ' • 211 i 2 11 to .130115 ........ ;a 4 3.b.,.1,(r4t ......... . 44, A 8 Per per 64:................. 10 9 1 e.eall a tiettt.( R L k a t , A p er ce_. arenamana Railway) Votio x `le•coli rit . r • ......... b 4.. tbaper. i . t to - vear o u . 141 . 6 .. Per Cent ... 9 1310 ..:,,, p er . 6 e ._ .. l 'i? rtt o l ieterr ed• In tlitiit °Nee:: Nya.rr..a.u.t.2.4.(_._.ec. (Hectares) b. t o , ia 6 i per Cent .+— I tto Ei c , .) Lx. 25f rior riti f.,•,•:.... .............. llit t l ' 4 l ;Ip4 u ' i ,,i 6 ) £42Bs. 3d.. paid.. —pm Di to Aeoeuro'ent• ....... • • ti but° leper - ............... _ p,14. 0 Aeco c, ett., • 1.8.6 i z4ll 3 P er 4llt, ........................ — 4 111,, _, o (.., eta ............... Ir l t to e tv, ilot sltto ke beforriv ............... V D 'l l . t o b eouttt ... (1 ............... itto i . tiem ve ... .......... •••• p;tiai3t ecolatit ...................... it eer t ....... 3h li_ t{, . . of ~_. ... , ......... 3 I h v 'cliee")ouut `-'° p not funded ...... boi l; --• • ~,,. .......... 131 i ll 6 Irev t e ceut• .......... — Ditto ice : . uteut. 1854 .................... i)i t 6 p er u n • ................. bit r t ° Acer ti ' e ". 1858 .... I , itt.s; z 16 ) () i , i ., t. ................... .3) u,... 6 p er f riond e .................... 047,, Act a e at. 1862 ............. , Ile - - 0 (int ................ b.t__ gala Bond 8 ................... 661 7 Ga i jlt zt l _ i,erc:nt. .................. 66t I,l t to 6 7:...i,„„ ................... -___• , , ~:,,__ ~_• .............. • • 23 btittilltr, tvideen Ft ... l .. 1 ................ -- 41741 n. .i I,- 13 ° I , t/1.9 ab;;;10 . 4 .. b1 . ... Loudon. ° l ' p yr o r eeti t.) Ex. 12 Gun - a b i l, l _, 5 p er (e‘!etit. Certificates ..."..... "° Aoo " ' L t., 1861% Ex. 25 ..... °t o , . franca..._ C D Ileola - ....... , ) ..... 671 wit, .e,,,;4._t . : ... . Two O'CLOCK . ',Z ................ 9 0/ / i • ....... .... 7 SHARE MARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOE.S. Railways. Paid. Closing i Business i Price. done. 3.14. , Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat,andslid.Co st Bristol and Exeter , st Caledonian 50 Corx anu Barnlon 20 ICoinwall .. 8 Si 81 8i 84 F 6 12S& 121 k 7 7i 10 `Do A • A t z ets no div 10 Do. B ti 11 (ln eDI an hay been paid to 13. , 60 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. at !Edinburgh & Glasgow. st 'Glasg. and S. Western. st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian st St GreatNorthot Scotland at Great Northern...... • • St Do A stock at Do B do St Gt. S. and W. of Ireland st Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock at Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwal! at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & Scrith Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. I2i Do f shares at Metropolitan at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Binning. & Derby 60 Mid. Gt. W. of Irelana 25 Do. shares 26 Mid Kest 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, Sr Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase at Do Leeds st Do 'York at Do Carlisle...... • • at North London 10 Do New 0.16.4,N0rth Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction St Scottish Central .. at Scot N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock.. 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo. st Shropshire Union .... at South Dev0n.......... at South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 37 39 16 17 97 98 107 N 9 49i 501 47 49 7/ B.# 127 128 1328 1331 1M 136 97 98 65} (51 110 i 111 72 73 105 107 43 44 106} 107 101 i 1021 50 51 106 107 128 128 k 97 99 521 631 25 t 6 1031 104 59 60 90} 91 123 128 1 2 p 77 79 11 /1i 124 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 33 34 P4l 05 98 100 1 I.+B 39 94 10i 74 8 p l 158 100 5 64 2/ 3i p' 26 Do 25 Do New, 1866 et Taff Vale 10 Do B 10 Do C 60 Ulster 25 Do .10 Do it Vale of Neath it Victoria eta. and Pim it Waterford J Kilkenny ,t West Cornwall it W. Hartlepoolllar.&R t West Midland -Oxford it Do Newport it Do Hereford 84 87 17u 175 22 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shari Railways leo Atlantic &St Lawrence all 60 62 60 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Sk 100 103 105 1011 3/ I Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 1 P 201 Buffalo and Laaeliuron all 5 i 51 10 Do. Preference ..... all 8 9 100 I Buttalo,Brant,&Godricl; p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1875 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 st Clctitta.&S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 112 104 st Cape Town u Dock Scrii' 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. 100 106 107 106/ stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. ion 101 104 1031 20 Do. do. U Ext..... 15 / 1 P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 / 1 p stock Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 20 21 20/ 100 , Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 75 741 100 Do. ao. deferred— ... all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Fret. B011(18.. all 66 68 671 7 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 53 58 6 100 Do. 3d lief. stock ... all 50 52 100 Do. do. deterred. all 40 ft 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto ck... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 C 4 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua. s p.o. 100 105 106 1051 4/ 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 116 y 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 116 p stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 201 Gt. W. 01 Canada Shares all , 9l 10 91 4 101 Do. New .. . 18 11 101 r; 71 I 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt . all 93 95 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. all 86 88 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 1 ip ' stook Madras. guar., s p.c. .. 100 1031 1 04, 103 / stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 98 100 stook Do. lit ~.. 100 54 98 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. BndQ. 100 50 Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick Cando Class A and B. all 3 5 N.Rl.C'daB point f bdk 100 82 84 stock &dude (100 1031 1041 stock Do. Delhi e r .a 100 103 104 20 Do. do rs , 2 ip 28 st Do. Punjaub ci 1 all 103 104 Do. Do. ........ 100 stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k . lOO 100 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. —t un.liuv.ep.c.Ja..tJul3 1 5 77-84 •._ 100 102 104 Do. 6p. e. Feb. Aug. 100 103 105 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do.: p. o. Jan.&July. 10c 91 az Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.llope, S p 0,1870 100 107 109 Do.Ap & Oot. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 108 110 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 194 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 ltB 110 N.B.G ov. 6 pm. a.&July 103 102 104 1)0. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct 103 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1864 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,18t 1 to 1:;74 100 99k 101 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99k 100 k 100 k 99} New Zealand 6 p cent 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. Bp. c 100 109 1 11 I S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 Vlo.GoV. 6 p.c. JaAJuly 100 _.Do. io n.e. An.&Oet.. 100 110 111 110 i I BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id untiord Amalgamated.: - Devon G. Con.. ‘ "ravist.) 1 5 7 a 4 . 4 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 671 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. id wtr East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 27 28 East Cam Brea.. , 3.4.0 7 75 K. W'l Russel (Tavistk )' 8.9.0 5 64 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; 03} 10 12 Great South Tolgus 178 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 14 15 • Grenville 6.16, c 45 41 Fiend's-Foot h7 39 llingston Downs 3 35 --Lady Bertha Nfargaret (tiny Lelant 9} 15 17 Marke Valley.. 4 ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim.; 25 1 4 4 New Setun l9l 80 90 • North Downs l4 1/ N.Wh'l Basset (111o.zan, 3.1.0 21 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 430 440 S. Cam Brea (111 Kan) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 18.18.9 571 621 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 20 5 4 Tamar Silv.,t Lead Min 41 1 in Croft 9 19 20 West Basset (Mogan). 11 11 12 WCr radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Setort Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 W heal Kitty (U. Lelant) l 2.0.6 WhealLudeott ,Wheal MaryAnni,Lien )1 8 131 141 Wheal Beton 5Bl 150 160 tillealTretatvney (Lis ) 7 241 251 Wheal Union 3.17 3 35 PREFEREn Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1: Great Northern, 41 per cent., 'IE SHARES. l 5 •ed. at 10 per cent. pm., 104; PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105 4i London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. rlxt., B, 6 per cent., 10 , Midland New £5 shares, 2k - - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Great Eastern, E. Union 4 p .7 cent. guaranteed, 86 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C. 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent., 18 Recife and San Francisco (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 FOREIGN:SI.INES. Cape Copper, Um., 7/ Cobre Copper, 35 Mariquita, Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 Vallanzasca Gold, lim., 1/ : Worthing (limited), 1 Yudananautana of S. Australia (lira.), 3 OINT.STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lou :on. and Liverpool (Um.), 44/ Ditto, new, 301 291 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of Egypt, 26 71 Bankßßalßank o Banknk 000 ff: oN L ten o wa: o nd Wales, im. Zealand,72 : 1 ,21 3141 Consolidated Bank, rim., 10i English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 321 Imperial Bank (lim.), 23 Imperial Ottoman, 171 1 17 London and Brazilian (Um.), 541 Loudon and County, 61 London Joint Stock, 39 London and South African, Ditto, new, 261 London and South American. lim., 71 London and Westminster.lB4l t Scinde, Punjaub. and Deihl (lull:, Ditto, new,' 61 Union of Australia, 53 Union of London, 411 21 2 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 721 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union (Insurance), t Oi Crystal Palace, 2i Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., et / Hudson's Bay, 17} International Financial Society, lira., 10/ 4 4. London Financial Association, lim., 26 51 L on d on General Omnibus Company, 2/ Oriental Gas (Rm.), 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 78k) Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 261 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 71 1 7 Univeral Marine (lim.) insurance, 56 I THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF LONDON STREET IMPROVEMENT, it is said, will come before the House of Commons this Session, and we hope with it the cutting up of the internals of the Metropolis. Share THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEE STi,S BENCH. (Sitting in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF LEIGH.--THE SUNDAY HAYMAKING CASE. In this case the Solicitor-General had obtained a rule to stow cause why the conviction of the magistrates of Leigh in relation to the celebrated case of haymaking on a Sunday should not be quashed, on the ground that a farmer did not come within the statute of Charles 11. relating to the ob servance of the Sabbath. Mr. Mellish, Q.C., with Mr. Bayley now showed cause against the rule, and in support of the conviction. They contended that a farmer, and the persons labouring under him, came within the meaning of the statute, which pro hibi ed any tradesman, artificer and labourer, or any other person from pursuing their ordinary calling on the Sunday• The Solicitor-General having been briefly heard in reply, The Court was unanimous in their opinion that the con viction ougbt to be quashed, arid that a fanner did not come within the meaning of the statute, or any person pur suing such occupation under him. Conviction quashed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) THE MOSELY GREEN COAL AND COKE COMPANY. This was a meeting for considering a proof of debt pre sented by Mr. Hancock, a stockbroker, for a sum of £4,000, monies advanced for and on account of the company; and for which he held four bills of exchange signed by two of the directors, and sealed with the seal of the company. The case was adjourned till to-day, Mr. Hampton, solidi. tor, and a shareholder, having challenged the validity of the notes, and he also contended that Mr. Hancock's name ought to be put on the list of contributions for £251. Mr. J. Tucker (Greville, Tucker, and Co.), for the official liquidator, said the accounts had been investigated, and there did not appear any ground for opposing the proof. A further adjournment, however, was ordered that the ques tion as to shares might be argued at the same time. A petition was opened by Mr, Sorrell, of Mark .lane, against William Collyer, of Oakley-street, Lambeth, smith and tool manufacturer. The bankrupt surrendered and received protection. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE CAVE. This bankrupt was described as of Osborne-road, Bow, manager of a rope manufactory. Mr. Reed appeared for creditors, and questioned the bankrupt as to the disposal of his property, and also as to his means at the present time, and he said that he re ceived a salary of £2OO, and had a house to live in—he could not set aside half or one-third for his creditors, but offered £3O. Mr. Sorrell, Mark-lane, examined the bankrupt, to explain the circumstances under which the goods were taken by a creditor, and submitted that there was no ground for sup posing the bankrupt had kept back any property, and he was quite willing to set aside any reasonable amount for the benefit of his creditors. His Honour ordered the discharge—the bankrupt to set hide £5O a year till the debts (L 262) were paid. IN 1 11. DAVIS. This bankrupt was a woollen and silk agent, and thi was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The principal, almostthe whole of the liabilities, were on accom modation bills for Monk and Co., cotton, woollen, and silk spinner, at Huddersfield, who failed some time since for a large amount. Mr. Bazley, for the bankrupt, said the bill had been ac cepted for his employers, Monk and Co., who were sup posed to be the most extensive and opulent spinners in the Wrest of England, but they failed, and left the bankrupt with the liabilities, but the bill holders would not be severe sufferers, as the estate of Monk a nd Co. would pay a large dividend. His Honour said that the Court must mark its sense of such a flagrant fraud of all such commercial property. Mr. Baxley said that the bankrupt was continually re ceiving goods from Monk and Co. His Honour said the mischief of such conduct was apparent, and the world was deceived. The order of dis charge must be suspended for six months, but with pro tection IN RE BARNARD. This bankrupt was a baker at Leigh, Essex, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts are about £362, assets £9O. Mr, Buchanan appeared for the bankrupt, and the order of discharge was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. COMMITTAL OF THE FULL TERM FOR A BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Cornelius Maddigan, a rough looking fellow, was charged with violently assaulting a female, named Caroline 111‘Millan. The prosecution was instituted by the society of which the Marquis of Townshend is president—the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Duke-street, St. James's —and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlboronh street, instructed by Mr. Albert, the agent of the society, prosecuted. When the case was first before the court the complain ant was unable to attend owing to the ill-usage she had re ceived, but a young man named Daniel Jebb, proved seeing the prisoner strike the complainant several times in a most violent manner. The case was then adjourned for the at tendance of the female. On the case being resumed Mr. Lewis said he prosecuted on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, who had felt it their duty to prosecute the pri soner, who had been guilty of one of those violent assaults which unfortunately were so frequent. Caroline M`Millan, of 2, Aubery-court, said that on the 13th January, at 5 o'clock in the morning, she went into the Old Crown public-house, High-street, St. Giles's, to have a glass of ale. The prisoner asked her to treat him, but she refused, and she then felt his hand in her pocket, and seized it as he had taken out her money-4s. 6d. The prisoner then struck her several fearful blows in the face, and she was deluged in blood. She left the house to seek for a constable, when the prisoner knocked her down, and while on the ground kicked her. The blows given by the prisoner were so violent that four of her teeth were knoeked out, and she was unable to appear last week. She was perfectly sober at the tima the prisoner attacked her, and saw him pass the money to some of his companions. Cornelius Tomkins, barman to Mr. Best, of the Crown, High-street, said the complainant came in and asked for a glass of ale, and the prisoner and another man came and stood by her side. Shortly after the complainant said she had been robbed, and the prisoner then struck her several times. The prisoner, whom he knew as a bad character, had several bad companions about, and threatened him (witness) for interfering. Abbott, 59 F, on taking the prisoner into custody, saw the complainant was bleeding profusely, her lips being badly swollen. He knew the prisoner as an associate of thieves. Chappell, G division, stated that the prisoner was a thief, The prisoner, who said he was drunk at the time, was committed for six months, with hard labour. DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN THE 11.11YMARICET —Benja min W. Blewitt, of 11, Taymouth-terrace, Commercial road East, medical student, and Julius Stauffer, of 12, Old Jewry Chambers, a student at the Veterinary College, Camden Town, were charged with being drunk and causing a crowd of persons to assemble in the Haymarket, and Blewitt was further charged with assaulting Sergeant Brad ley, 25 C. Sergeant Bradley proved seeing the defendants in the Haymarket surrounded by a crowd of persons. He re quested Stauffer to go away, when Blewitt struck him a blow in the face with his fiat. When he first went up Stauffer was pitching a dog into a cab, two persons being in the cab at the time. Both defendants were drunk at the time, and making a great noise by hallooing and shouting. Stauffer said he had had too much drink. Blewitt said he did not strike the sergeant, but he made an attempt to d 3 so. The sergeant used such violence that one of his shirt buttons came off. Mr. Yardley said that he did not consider that a proof of violence, and fined Stauffer 18s. or seven days, and Blewitt 30s. or fourteen days. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG TILIEF.—A poor woman, Elizabeth Loney, the wife of a labourer in the service of the General steam Navigation Company, entered the wit ness box, sobbing loudly, and much affected, and at the same time her son, Richard Loney, a stubborn boy, aged l2i years, was arraigned in the dock, charged with robbing his parents. The mother of the prisoner said her son had repeatedly plundered her of money. She had lost a florin, and six • pences and shillings. Yesterday morning she went out on an errand, leaving her purse, containing 35., under her pil low. On her return there were only 2s. in the purse. The prisoner was out all day and in bad company, and when ho was found at night he admitted stealing the shilling. Richard Loney, the father of the boy, gave a very bad account of him, and said he was anxious to save him. He had sent his son to school, and ho could read and write well. On being asked why ho did not obtain employment for his son, he said he could not entrust hill: anywhere. He pilfered everything he could lay his hands on. Mr. Partridge—How many children have you to main tain ? Witness—Two, sir—this boy and a daughter, 20 years of age. He has continually robbed us. He has got into bad company. I don't know what to do with him. If he is left at home for a moment he steals something and runs away. I wish you to correct him. Mr. Partridge was of opinion that the parents of a boy were the best persons to correct and reform him. It was a sad case, indeed. He would remand the prisoner for a week, and on Thursday next decide what was to be done with him. A B E NEFACTOIt—BEYOND THE PLANTING OF AN ACORN.—The Earl of Seafield has planted on his Strathspey estate, during the past eight years, upwards of 16,000,000 plants, being at all average of two millions annually. LITERATURE. known from this time forth by the name of our be loved Sovereign. Further northwards on their march the exploring party of adventurers, the two Englishmen and their gang of African porters or Wanguanas, found the path of their journey trending between the range of the Mountains of the Moon and the western borders of the Victoria N'yanza. The latter expanse cf inland water may perhaps be the most aptly and the most accurately described, ; by the suggestion that an equVateral triangle, almost as irregular in form as the African continent itself, or as the South American continent —and so placed, by the way, that, like each of those two continents, it should have one of its points or angles directed almost duo south—should be placed with one of its sides resting al most immediately upon the line of the equator. There, in the northern lire of the equilateral triangle of the lake or N'yanza Victoria, the River Nile, the White Nile, distinctly takes its rise. The waters of the mighty stream runs out of the lake, strictly speaking, it is true, at three points. But two of those three outlets, it may be said, are little better than marshes, or, as the Nile Discoverer himself calls them—rush drains rather than rivers. It is in the easternmost of the three that the Source of the White Nile is really and truly discernible. There, at Ripon Falls, the noble and mysterious current takes its rise. The waters of the Victoria N'yanza, passing through the Napoleon Channel, tumble at those Ripon Falls over a ledge twelve feet in depth, and from four to five hundred feet in breadth, roaming and flashing down in a beautiful cascade, worthy of marking the commencement of that glorious river more than two thousand miles in its seaward course, from the Ripon Falls to the Delta, on the Mediterranean. It is curious to think for a moment of that mighty stream rolling on through those 2,000 miles and upwards, the largest of its three or four tributaries, that is, the Blue Nile of Bum winding northwards through Abyssinia, but the main stream, the grand trunk of the river, distinguishable first of all as the White Nile, rushing on northwards, ever northwards—sinu ously, serpent-wise, through Nubia, onwards in a direct line through Egypt, marked at either ex tremity by an equilateral triangle ! Here at its source, in the extreme south, the watery triangle of the Victoria N'yanza! Here at its emergence into the Mediterranean, in the extreme north, the rich alluvial trangle of the Delta! To Capt. Speke belongs the glory, as the annals of geography will not tire of reiterating—to him belongs the honour and privilege of having brought to light at length the until now hidden truth as to the source or origin of the gigantic stream of the Nile. His companion will share with him of course in enjoying the credit of this most notable discovery. But as yet Captain Grant has preserved, certainly so far as authorship goes, a profound and unbroken silence as to what ought to be in justice regarded as his due meed of honour as a participater in the discovery of the source of the Nile. His pencil has not remained idle it is true. But his pen has altogether. And in Captain Spoke's narrative little—almost as one may say, next to nothing—ie said about him. Detained as Captain Grant was several months longer than Captain Speke in Kara gue, and this by reason of his being temporarily crippled by a serious malady in one of his legs he has surely much of interest in his notes or in his recollections that he could tell us. And we look all the more hopefully to his tell ing us a good deal at least, if not all, of what he might, because Captain Speke has left so very much untold that we are most anxious to have had related. The Manners and Customs of the savage tribes through which our travellers passed, we know comparatively nothing of, from this Journal, elaborate and lengthy though it is. The naiveté of the poor African race we catch glimpses of, it is true, now and then : as where, in Unyoro, King Kamrasi is dimly groping after knowledge in regard to the Bible ; or as when the reputed sanctity of the water of the Nile is repudiated by Captain Speke's own attendants. " I told my men," he writes, " they ought to shave their heads and bathe in the holy river, the cradle of Moses—the waters of which, sweetened with sugar, men carry all the way from Egypt to Mecca, and sell to the pilgrims." "We don't look on those things," was the reply, " in the same fanciful manner that you do ; we are con. tented with all the commonplaces of life, and look for nothing beyond the ipresent. If things don't go - well, it is God's will; and if they do go well, that is His will also." This little incident occur ring, it should be remarked, at the point where the Explorer first obtains a view of the river to the discovery of whose source he is at the moment as piring—and not merely aspiring, but energeti cally struggling on, through how many hard ships, impediments, vexations, anxieties, and discouragements 1 . Here—at that first view of it, he writes, in perhaps the most picturesque passage that could be anywhere found in his Journal — Hero at last I stood on the brink of the Nile ; moat beau tiful was the scene—nothing could surpass it! It was the very perfection of the kind of effect aimed at in a hi ghly kept perk ; with a magnificent stream from 600 to 700 yards wide, dotted with islets and rocks, the former occu pied by fishermen's huts, the latter by sterns and crocodiles basking in the sun—flowing between fine high grassy banks, with rich trees and plantains in the background, where herds of the nsunnu and hartebeest could be seen grazing, while the hippopotami were snorting in the water, and flori kan and guinea-fowl rising at our feet. Unfortunately, the chief district officer, Miondo, was from home, but we took possession of his huts --clean, extensive, and tidily kept— facing the river, and felt as if a residence here would do one good. Although the King of Karagne, by name Ramanika, is about the most attractive of the aboriginal per sonates depicted in the volume, we are tempted to give, by preference, our gallant traveller's delinea tion, thus graphically, of the young Sovereign of Uganda, by name Mtesa : The mighty king was now reported to be sitting on his throne in the state hut of the third tier. I advanced, bat in hand, with my guard of honour following, formed in " open ranks," who in their turn were followed by the hearers carrying the present. I did not walk straight up to him as if to shake hands, but went outside the ranks of a three-sided square of squatting Wakungn, all habited in skins, mostly cow skins; some few of whom had, in addition, leopard-cat skins girt round the waist, the sign of royal blood. Here I was desired to halt and sit in the glaring sun ; so I donned my hat, mounted my umbrella, a phenomenon which sot them all a-wondering and laughing, ordered the guards to close ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking, well-igured, tall young man of 25, was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to stern like a cock's comb. On hie neck was a very neat ornament—a large ring, of beautifully-worked small beads, forming elegant patterns by their various colours. On one arm was another bead ornament, prettily devised ; and on the other a wooden charm, tied by a string covered with snake skin. On every finger and every toe he had alternate brass and copper rings ; and above the ankles, half way up to the calf, a stocking of very pretty beads. Everything was light, neat, and elegant in its way; not a fault could be found with the taste of his "getting up." For a handkerchief he held a well-folded piece of bark, and a piece of gold-embroidered silk, which he constantly employed to hide his large mouth when laugh ing, or to wipe it after a drink of plantain wine, of which he took constant and copious draughts from neat little gourd cups, administered by his ladies-in-waiting, who were at once his sisters and wives. A white dog, spear, shield, and woman—the Uganda cognisance—were by his side, as also a knot of staff officers, with whom he kept up a brisk conversation on one side; and on the other was a band of Wichwezi, or lady sorcerers, such as I have already described. I was now asked to draw nearer within the hollow square of squatters, where leopard skins were strewed upon the ground, and a large copper kettle-drum, surmounted with brass bells on arching wires, along with two other smaller drums covered with cowrie shells, and beads of colour worked into patterns, were placed. I now longed to open conversation, but knew not the language, and no one near me dared speak, or even lift his head from fear of being accused of eyeing the women; so the king and myself sat staring at one another for full an hour—l mute, but he pointing and remarking with those around him on the novelty of my guard and general appearance, and even re quiring to see my hat lifted, the umbretia shut and opened, and the guards face abcut and show off their red cloaks — for such wonders had never been seen in 'Ugand. Then, finding the day waning, he sent Mauls o n an embassy to ask mo if I had seen him; and on receiving my reply, "Yes, for full one hour," I wad glad to find him rise, spear in hand, lead his dog, and walk unceremoniously away through the enclosure into the fourth tier of huts ; for this being a pure levee day, no business was transacted. The king's gait in retiring was intended to be very majestic, but did not succeed in conveying to me that impression. It was the traditional walk of his race, founded on the step of the lion ; but the outward sweep of the legs, intended to represent the stride of the noble beast, appeared to me only to realise a very ludicrous kind of waddle, which made me ask Bombay if anything serious was the matter with the royal person. To the work itself, however, who is there but will turn with the liveliest interest and curiosity ? In a literary point of view it cannot, it is true, but be regarded as marked by very considerable defici encies. The tale it :ells is, in the strictest meaning of the words, " plain and unvarnished." The elo quence of Captain Speke—if there be any eloquence at all any where discernible in his narrative—is, more literally than Mr. Cobden, " unadorned." He speaks the simplest truth of the mattEr right out, just as it occurs to him. And he does this so conscientiously that at times he even disdains not to become tedious. It is a noble achievement, however, that he has to relate, and he relates it with manful simplicity. As for the general appearance and intrinsic value of the work, as a substantive publication, it is everything that could well have been wished for. The publishers have lavished upon it, as it deserved, every possible care as evi denced by a great variety of adornments in the way of maps and illustrations. The volume altogether is a noble addition to any, even the most richly-stored bookshelves, as the Discovery it relates is certainly a most noble addition to the richest stores the world has yet gathered together in the shape of geographical knowledge. 2 feet 1 foot. 2 feet. 611 N OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. HAMBURG. HAMBtritG, Jan. 20.—D eke Charles of GluckE burg, eldest brother of King Christian, has arrived here from the Chateau of Louiserland, in Schles wig. lie is said to have left the country ai:ter having refused to take the oath of allegiance to his brother. The Hamburg News announces that a brigade of Danish infantry has been sent from Schleswig to Flensburg, as well as the depot battalions of other brigades. Tae Schleswig-Holstein regiments will be divided i❑ such a way among the Danish corps, hat there will be only one German to four Danes. Private Bills in the House of Commons THIS DA.Y. This morning Mr. Smith disposed of the following ur,-, opposed bills, which will of course come before Parlia ment for their first reading:—Hammersmith and City Railway (Extension, &c.), Holborn Valley Im provement, Chichester and Midhurat Railway (No. 3), Great Northern and Victoria Station Railway, East and West Junction Railway, Hampstead, Midland, North Western, and Charing-cross Junc tion Railway, West Yorkshire Railway, Watford and Edgware Junction Railway, Victoria Station and Thames Embankment Railway. _ . . PETITION ADZOTIRNED--Belfast Water Works (corn- missioners). PETITION POSTPONED—MidIand Railway (new lines and additional powers). BILLS OPPOSED—Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway (extension to Charing,-cross). (BEFORE MR. FRERE.) The following unopposed bills were disposed of :—Poole, Bournemouth, and Wimbourne ; Scottish Central Railway (stations), Brading Harbour (Isle of Wight), Ventnor Harbour Railway, &c., Scottish North-Eastern and Scot tish Central Railway, Carnaryon and Llanberis Railway, Newcastle-under-Lyne Canal, and North Staffordshire Railway, London Low Level Railway. PETITIONS ADJOURNED --Glasgow (City) Union Rail way, Shrewsbury and Potteries Railway, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Railway. PETITIONS POSTPONED —Walthamstow, Clapton, and City Railway, North Staffordshire Railway (New Works), EXTRAORDINARY SWINDLE. ----~- An old man, named John Dolan, the keeper of a provision shop in the village of Primatestown, county of Meath, has been made the victim of a most extrordinary hoax, by which he has lost a sum of £llO, all the cash he possessed in the world. A man, who gave his name as Morgan, and who was known in the rural districts as a watchmaker, had for some eight months past been carrying messages between Dolan, who had the reputation of being wealthy, and a young woman styling herself Miss Reilly, who, Morgan stated, lived at Donore, where she had eight or ten acres of land, which she was about to sell, and reside with an aunt at Ardee, in the county of Louth. About six weeks ago Morgan informed the old man that Miss Reilly had sold the farm, for which she had received £2OO, and had already gone to Ardee, after depositing the money in the bank; that she wanted a steady, staid man, and having beard that he (Dolan) was a good dealer, she believed they would act a wise part in putting their money and themselves together, and opening a shop in Ardee, On Tuesday week Mor gan again paid Dolan a visit, and brought him the happy tidings that Miss Reilly had consented to meet him next day at Drogheda, when all matters connected with the marriage were to be arranged. Miss Reilly had also requested that Dolan should bring all his money with him on the occasion. On Wednesday morning the old man harnessed the horse, and proceeded with Morgan on the car to Drogheda, taking with him £llO and two days' provender for the horse. At Drogheda they met Miss Reilly, in company of a young man who was understood to be a relative, and who on a previous occasion had paid a visit to Dolan at Primatestown. The meeting appeared to be a very joyous one, at least on the part of Dolan, as the female was a bouncing and rather handsome girl cf 20 years of age. It would appear that several half pints of whisky were consumed in the course of a few hours conversation ; and, so fascinated had old Dolan be , come with Miss Reilly's appearance and agreeable , conversation, that he took out all the cash, in notes and gold, threw it into her lap, and desired her to take care of it. Some time afterwards Dolan pro -1 ceeded to prepare the horse and car for the journey to Ardee; but when he returned he found that thie party had decamped except Morgan, who seemcd to commiserate Dalan's position very much, and assisted him in making search for them about the place. Giving up all hopes of tracing the young couple, he returned to his home, and gave informa tion of the circumstances to the constabulary. No such person as Miss Reilly or her aunt was known at Ardee, and all the tales previously told to Dolan - turned out to be fabrications.--. Freeman's Journal. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 20—John Romilly, from Marseilles — Halcyon, from Terceira—American Eagle, from New York —Furor, trom Gravelines—Lavonia, from Palermo—Regina, from Buenos Ayres—Sir John Moore, from Sydney— Abeona, from Ancona—Baronet's Family, from Bombay— Clarissa, Andromeda, and Bell Adventure, from St. Mi cheel's—Surprise, Demetrius, Elizabeth, and Reward, from Guernsey—Recovery, from Gijon—Maynards, from Algoa Bay—Zeeblong, from Genoa—Jantjo Berg, and Rosalee, from Taganrog—Sarah Williams, from Zante—Lizzie Southard, from New York—Sandebah, trom Demerara— Queen of the Clyde, from Calcutta, Thur., Thursday Morning. Passed—Alice Mary, from London, for Singapore, A HINT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CRINOLINE. —One of the Kings of Spain had the good taste to be very much annoyed at the extravagant length of the trains worn by the ladies of his Court. He tried all means to curtail the nuisance, but his efforts were as vain as King James's " Counterblast against Tobacco." At last he ordered his chamberlain or corresponding officer to decree that while trains of any length might be worn by any woman, all trains beyond a certain length should be re.. garded as the badge of courtez ens, The order executed itself. At once all the ladies of the Court, some of whom were said to be well qualified for an extra ell, cut short their trailing robes, and the halls and the presence-cham ber became practicable for the male animal. THE TOWNLEY CASE. —The following memorial has been numerously signed by the clergy, and was sent to the Home Secretary on Monday night :—" Wo the undersigned clergy of the Deanery of Derby, having carefully considered the correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey and the magistrates of this county, respecting the circumstances under which the respite of George Victor Townley has been granted, desire (while offering no opinion as to the prisoner's sanity) to express our conviction that the request o f th e mag i s t ra t es is reaso nable and just, and our hope th a t a f ur th er , f u ll, and satisfactory investigation into his present state of mind, and into the proceedings which led to his respite, m ay be granted by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department." The f o ll ow i ng s tatement, signed " Frederick Curzon," appears in the Derby Mercury:— 4, I wish to remind Mr. Gisborne (the prison surgeon) of a large dinner party, in November last, not very long be fore the trial of George Victor Townley. When the ladies had left the dining room, I put this question to Mr. Gis borne :—' As you have many opportunities of seeing Townley, will you tell me, is he sane or insane r His reply was, ' Townley is as sane as you or I ;' and then I said, ' Will he be hung?' Mr. Gisborne's reply was, 'To a certainty. " EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES. —For a considerable time pasta suspicion has existed that large quan tities of property have been stolen from the extensive stores of the Cunard Company in Liverpool, and the police were set on the hunt to ascertain, if possible, who were the de predators. Circumstances induced Sergeant Jas. Mooney, detective, belonging to the county police force, on Tuesday, to visit the house of David Armour, a fireman on board the Cunard mail steamer Persia, now on her voyage home from New York. On searching the house, which is situated in Dundas-street, Bootle, Sergeant Mooney found 20 blankets, a number of towels, several pillow cases, knives and forks, and other articles, belonging to the British and North American Royal Mail Steamship Company, and having the c ompany's mark on them. The property was concealed in different parts of the house, and on questioning the "Ile of Ai mour as to how the articles came into her possession she said the property had been brought there at different t i meson by different individuals, whom sbe could. not name. Oa and this being stated Mooney at once took her inttnocag istrates in she wa3 yesterday brought before the count: e as identified by petty sessions at Kirkdale. The Proper t y rs to the Mr. Warburton and Mr. Craven, dsetorfeo:caP week that tur • com pany, and the prisoner was re.inau d as it is believed that an ther information may bo obtained,he stores has been carried extensive system of plunder from on for some time pest. The Great Nile Discoverer. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. By John Henning Speke. One Vol. pp. 658. Wm. Blackwood and Seas. In this splendidly appointed volume Captain Speke has recounted with manly simplicity and with per feet ingenuousness the precise manner in which he WWI enabled to accomplish his magnificent enter prise. As the Discoverer of The Source of the Nile—emphatically the Source of the N:le (for one of the Sources, the lesser of the two Sources, James Bruce has still the glory of having brought to light a century ago)—Captain J. H. Speke, aided by his friend and companion, Captain J. W. Grant, is now known to have achieved, in our own time, what had previously baffled the efforts repeatedly made towards its acquisition, alternately, sometimes even simultaneously, by the imperial rulers of the world, by the mightiest of conquerors, by the most daring of adventurers. It is recorded in ancient history how both Alexander the Great and Ptolemy Philadelphus respectively, strove to solve the very problem which has nevertheless remained inscrutable until the date of its actual solution, very recently, by the gallant English man, the author of this enthralling narrative. Equally, by Julius Caesar, as, before him, by Alex ander and by Ptolemy, the alluring, nay it should rather be said the absolutely captivating, project,was cherished. Lucan in melodious numbers avers this of Cse ear, as Seneca subsequently, in his stately prose, rec3unts the like of his infamous pupil, that later and degenerate Caesar, the Emperor Nero. This heretofore apparently all but insoluble pro blem being, in effect, quite simply, the source whence flows northwards from the mountainous interior of the great African Continent, the mighty current of the River Nile, along a length of more than two thousand miles down to the point at which its sweet and sacred waters are mingled with those of the blue and tideless Mediterranean. Happily, the mystery surrounding the fountain-head of the Nile, is a mystery now no longer. Captains Speke and Grant have cleared it up, for once and for all, and they have done this not, observe, partially, but altogether. Several years ago Captain Speke may be said to have put his finger upon the spot upon the map at which he believed that the Source of the Nile would be discovered eventually. That spot being upon the borders of the Lake Victoria N'yanza— a lake situated in lat. 2.50 S., at an elevation of 3,740 feet above the level of the sea, ninety miles in breadth, three hundred in length. There, in that half-fabulous region in the south-eastern division of Africa—among the shadows of what are for Europeans the untrodden Mountains of the Moon, mountains familiar at least by name to the reader of Lockaley Hall, as sacred to the worship of Mambo j umbo—there in Lake Victoria N'yanza, it was con fidently felt in 1857.8, by Captain Speke, that the Nile would eventually be found to take its rise. So confident was he of this, that his very confidence powerfully impressed even the least credulous of contemporary geographers. By one of the commentators upon his lucubrations descriptive of the African regions he had even then traversed, it was remarked some time back with considerable emphasis, "If by subsequent travel this gallant explorer shall demonstrate the accuracy of this opinion [that is, that the source of the Nile would be discovered at last upon the borders of the Victoria N'S anza] to him must be awarded the honour of having solved the greatest geographical problem of ancient or modern tima." How entirely that if has been cleared away by Captain Speke, how far that gallant explorer has made good his claim to the honour awarded to him, thus conditionally,;by anticipation, let his own unadorned statement of a fact—of the paramount fact—related in this lengthened Journal of his last African wanderings, at once quite clearly indicate without a word of circumlocution. The passage we are about to give is, beyond all doubt of it, the most important passage in the whole volume. It affords us, as through a loophole a glimpse of the goal won at last !—that is, of the Source of the Nile as at length reached at— 'THE STONES"—ON THE VICTORIA ' , CYAN ZA. Az LAST, with a good push for it, crossing hills and thread ing huge grasses, as well as extensive village plantations lately devastated by elephants—they had eaten all that was eatable, and what would not serve for food they had destroyed with their trunks, not one plantain or one hut being left entire—we arrived at the extreme end of the journey, the farthest point ever visited by the expedition on the same parallel of latitude as King Mtesa's palace, and just forty miles east of it. We were well rewarded ; for the " Stones," as the Waganda call the Falls, was by far the most interesting sight I had seen in Africa. Everybody ran to see them at once, though the march had been long and fatiguing ; and even my sketch-block was called into play. Though beau tiful, the scene was not exactly what I expected; for the broad surface of the lake was shut out from view by a spur of hills, and the falls, about 12 feet deep, and 400 to 500 feet broad, were broken by rocks. Still it was a sight that attracted one to it for hours—the roar of the waters, the tho u sands of passenger - fish leaping at the falls with all their might, the Wasoga and Waganda fish ermen comin g out in boats and tak in g post on all th e rocks with rod and hook, hippopotam i and crocodiles lying sleepily on the water ; the ferry at work above the falls, and cattle driven down to drink at the margin of the lake—made in all, with the pretty natu re of the country—small bills, grasay-toppcd, Nith trees in the folds and gardens on the lower slopes—as interesting a picture as One could wish to see. The expedition had now performed its functions. [Note this.] I saw that o ld F a ther Nile, without an y doubt, rises in the Victoria N'yanza, and, as 1 had foretold, that lake is the great source of the holy river which cradled the first expounder of our religious belief. I mourned, however, when I thought how much I had lost by the delays in the journey having deprived me of the pleasure of going to look at the north-east corner of the N,yart Era _ , to see what connection o a verifyinghis confident as sertion, d there was, by the s tr a it s o often spoken of, with i t and the the other lake w here the Waganda went to get their salt, and from w hi c h another river flowed to the north, mak in g ~ Usoga an isla nd." but I felt I aught to be c ontent with for I had seen full what I had been s p ared to accomplish ; half of the lak e, and had information given me of the other half, by mea ns of which I k new a ll a b ou t th e lake, as far, a t least, as the chief objects o f geogra phical importance were c oncerned. It was on the 28th o f July, 1862, that Ca p tain A yea r and longthree we-fo expedition xp destina tion.edit ian qaarters previously he Spekeho f a d di sc setao r vo r ea i r v ty ed u, bent p at o a thih upon o his s wished-for p last and crowning two or three years previously made, and already here adverted to—his unhesitatingly posi tive and explicit avowal that in the outlet of the Victoria Nyanza (Nyanza meaning, by the way, simply " pond") would sooner or later be found the source, the fountainhead, the mysterious rising of the River Nile. `IQ --y his indomitable perseverance , his prediction of the result cer tain to be arrived at, he himself has happily been enabled to fulfil ! Accomplishing his feat only, however, by means of a journey made on foot over a distance of fully one thousand five hundred miles! Having in attendance upon him while pas sing through these vast districts of savage Africa — districts for the most part wholly unexplored until then by Europeans--a cluster o f native porters or negro freedmen, liberated slaves ca ll e d W ang uanas —and as his one solitary English companion, Captain Grant, to whcse pencil the Journal of Cap tain Speke's Travels, as now published by Messrs. Blackwood, are indebted for a prof us i on o f ver y c lever and every one of them thrice-wel come illustrations. The Wanguanas, it should be said, are the roughs or rowdies of the African population. Those selected by Captain Speke on starting upon hi s en terprize, nu mbered, in all , to begin with, seventy-six—that is to say when he set his . face westwards on the 3d of O cto b e r, 1860, and, quitting the coast of the main land immediately opposite the Island of Zanzibar began the first of his long series of marches in that westerly direction, marches that extended in that direction steadily for five or six hundred miles altogether. Not until that distance from the west had been reached did Capt. Speke turn northwards. Long before then his seventy-five African porters had dwindled down numerically by a succession of desertions. Arrived, however, at length at some where about the same meridian as the Victoria Lake, or Pond; or N'yanza—northwards, the ex plorer then did turn in earnest with his diminished body of attendants, and with Capt. Grant, his one gallant English companion. The little party turned northwards then and there—advancing first of all midway between the oblong lake of Tangan yika and the triangular lake, pond, or N'yanza 49/ 501 133 i t 65 if 11o} I 72 I(4k 43+ 106} 7 50} 102 iI 3 21 128 P 521 1031 i 59i 90i 90 95} 5 New Rules for Rifle Practice. The following circular has been issued : " School of Musketry, Hythe, Jan. 13, "The following changes in the system of rifle practice are to take effect from this date, and to be continued in force until further orders : " 1. The number of targets and the dimensions of bull's eyes and centres for the several classes, &c., to be as follows : _ _ _____ .• _ _ Dimensions. Classes, &c. No. of Centre Bull's-eye. Targets.Height.Breadth, Height. Breadth From 150 to 300 yards inclusive, or for 3d class 2 From 400 to to 600 yards inclusive or for 2d class 3 From 600 to 900 yards inclusive, or for Ist class 4 File and volley 4 feet 1 foot 1 foot 6 in. 4 „ 4 ~ firing 6 „ 3 „ 1 „ 12 „ Skirmishing 1 .. .. 1,, 2 ,, "2. Shots hitting the targets to to valued for all classes as follows :—Bull's-eyes, 4 points—centres, 3—outers, 2. All shots hitting the horizontal black litre, in file, volley, and skirmishing practices, to count 4. " 3. The points to be obtained as a qualification to pass into a higher class, and establish a claim for extra pay as marksman,' are to be as follows :—Number of points to be obtained with Enfield rifle, in 3d class to pass into 2d class, 30, with small bore, 40—in 2d class to pass into Ist, Enfield, 30—with small bore, 40—in Ist class to be marksmen, En field, 20, with small bore, 32. " 4. In executing the volley practice a man whose rifle misses fire in the volley is not to be allowed to fire at the target singly, but his round is to be counted as having been expended. " 5. The order of merit regulating the issue of extra pay to men who become marksmen to be determined by the greatest number of points obtained in shooting in the Ist and 2d classes—i. e., 40 rounds. " 6. The best shot of the battalion will be that man who, having obtained in the Ist class upwards of 20 points with the Enfield rifle, or 32 points with the small bore, scores the highest number of points in the let and 2d classes—i.e., 40 rounds, and is in the first class judging distance at the final classification." Alarming Occurrence at the Midland Railway Works, Yesterday morning, a few minutes after 10 o'clock, an accident of a most alarming and serious character, involv ing the immediate death of six valuable horses, the destruc tlon of a considerable amount of property, and the narrow escape of a number of workmen, took place at the stupen dous works and excavations now progressing for stores and warehouses connected with the goods depot of the Midland Railway at Agar Town. That portion of the works where this catastrophe took place is abutting on the excavations which are being made for a coffer dam and docks to be constructed under stores which are to be erected for Messrs Allsopp and Co. and Messrs. Bass and Co., the pale ale brewers of Burton-on- Trent. This excavation is situate between the western side of the Regent's-canal and the King's-road, Camden Town, and some idea may be formed of the magnitude of the work, when it is stated that the entire contract will reach little short of £300,000. On the south-western side of the excava tion there was, up to yesterday morning, existing a series of exceedingly large arches forming the viaduct by which means the old road from the King's road to the upper part of Agar Town was carried up to the level of the iron bridge over the canal, constructed some 10 or 12 years since by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on coming into possession of that portion of the Agar estate, These arches and the bridge were the property of the Midland Company, but by agree ment with Mr. W. Winn, contractor for the earthworks for the stores, &c., he was permitted to occupy them as stabling for the horses. The building contractors were Messrs. Smith and Co., of Leicester, who had sublet their contract for pull ing down these arches, &c., to Mr. Lawrence, a builder, of Hackney. Cracks had been observed in the arches for some time, but it is stated not to such an extent as to cause danger to be apprehended. Mr. Winn employed in his excavation 48 horses and somewhere about 100 men, but at the time of the occurrence the whole of the horses were out at work, except ing 10, which, in consequence of the wetness of the morn ing, were not employed, but were left in the stabling under Ithe arches. The operation of commencing to pull down the arches it appears was begun by Mr. Lawrence's men on Tuesday morning at the this d, or smaller of the three arches, in which there were no horses, and were pursuing their labours, at the time specified, yesterday morning, when the cracking of the brickwork gave intimation that something was wrong, and the men at once succeeded in making their escape, but had scarcely done so when the whole of the arches gave way with a tremendous crash, crushing the poor horses beneath t•, death by their ponderous weight, being eight or nine bricks thick. The consternation at the moment, and for some time after the occurrence, was very great, and this was heightened by an extensively circulated rumour that several of Mr. Winn's workmen were missing, and were also buried in the ruins, and that some had been known to be in the stabling at the time. In order to allay anxiety upon this point Mr Winn immediately had a call of his employees, and found they were all sate. A boy named White was knocked down by some of the falling brickwork, but was only slightly contused. As soon as the confusion had somewhat subsided, the navvies were set to work to rescue the horses which might have escaped injury, and singular to relate, out of the 10 poor animals four were rescued apparently unhurt, but six were dug out in the course of the afternoon dead. Three of these had cost not long since 55 guineas each, and the other three were valued at about £3O each. As the arches were the property of the Midland Company a telegram was im mediately forwarded to Mr. Crossley, the engineer of the Midland Company, at Derby, and from subsequent investi gation it has been ascertained that the workmen were abso lutely in the employ of the building contractors, Messrs. Smith, but were working under Mr. Lawrence's superin tendence ; that requiring the bricks as rapidly as passible for their new works the men, instead of picking out the work by piecemeal, had actually removed the key ring of the arch on which they commenced, which, on giving way, caused the other arches to follow. The news of the occurrence spread rapidly with plenty of exaggerations throughout the district, and during the after noon hundreds of persons congregated around the scene of the disaster, and would not believe but that there were human beings as well as horses buried in the ruins, but which we are happy to state is not the fact. A question will arise as to who is responsible for the loss su stained, the Midland Company, the building contractor, or Mr. Winn. the contractor for the earthworks. In the first place the arches were known to be cracked months ago, when Mr. Wm. Jay, the contractor , o ccu p ied them as stabling ; secondly, whether the building contractor had any right to commence the work of demoliti on without giving notice and seeing that the horses of the earthworks contractor were re • moved—or whether he had any business . to move them at all, un l es s specially agreed to the it being stated to be usu al, contrary, that all obstructions in excavE , tting become the pro perty of the excavating contraet.or. .1 he average depth of the excavation for the dock, which is to be supplied with water from the Regent's Canal, was 30 feet. From 70,000 to 80,000 cubic yards of earth had been dug out, and there is about a similar quantity to be removed—s e that this por tion of the work may be said to be half finished. ANOTHER NEW STREET IN SOUTHWARK.—A new street, extending trorn Crucifix-lane, Bermond sey-street, to the east end of St. Thomas-street, High-street, Southwark, is in the course of formation. The northern side of the street is bounded by the wall that encloses the termi nus at London-bridge and the new south line of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Traffic to the Lower road, Deptford, and places to which it leads, by taking the nc‘v route, will avoid the overcrowded thoroughfares of Tooley-street and Dockhead, as the street will pans along Clueitix. hale, pass St. John's Churcli, Hersolydown, into Frceschool-street, and thence to the Lower-road. One-half of the main sewer has been constructed, the pavement of the I carriage and footways laid down, and the side arches con structed. The works of the remainder are far advanced, and it is expected that the street will be opene d early in March. 00' !0 , paid, , 'big , hod' h t tte of